The Future of Seafood is Here

Fish 2.0 is a global community that brings innovators and investors together to grow the sustainable seafood sector. Since 2013, we have done this through regional events around the world, the biennial Global Innovators Forum, the Fish 2.0 Connect online hub, and trend analysis that brings attention to what’s next in seafood.

We currently offer advisory services to select investors and industry leaders to identify and evaluate opportunities for investment in the seafood industry and to understand innovation trends around the globe.

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There's an Ocean of Opportunity for Startups Targeting the Seafood Sector. For returns, some investors look under the sea.

Fish 2.0 has brought us really interesting deals to look at, gives a good sense of challenges and opportunities in the global seafood sector, and is always a great time.

Participating in Fish 2.0 is a great way for us to stay up to speed on what’s going on in the sector. It’s an entirely unique event in terms of the different actors it brings together, the topics it addresses, and the focus on both good impact and good business.

- Leigh Moran, Calvert Foundation

Working with Fish 2.0 as an online judge and advisor has given us amazing exposure to great companies/pipeline but more importantly it has given us the opportunity to educate ourselves on the sector.

- Kate Danaher, RSF Social Finance

Fish 2.0 helped us grow our business, but more importantly, it helped us optimize our business. We are doing more, and doing it better. I don’t believe we would have gotten here as quickly if we had not gone through the Fish 2.0 planning exercise.

- Dane Chauvel, Fish 2.0 2013 Finalist (Canada)

This was a great opportunity to pitch to a very relevant group of people. I made some very valuable connections.

- Roxanne Nanninga, Fish 2.0 2015 Finalist (USA)

I made some excellent connections, learned so much, and feel like our organization has grown considerably as a result of participating in Fish 2.0.

- Sherry Flummerfelt, Fish 2.0 2015 Finalist (USA)

Awareness about sustainable seafood continues to rise, and impact investors want to support new initiatives in this arena, but it’s hard to find them. It was useful to see so many different types of sustainable seafood companies all in one place.

- Mitchell Lench, Treetops Capital

Fish 2.0 competition has been a unique learning experience. It shaped the idea from a concept to a robust business model, boosted confidence in my entrepreneurship skills and is the real starting point of this amazing and innovative adventure.

As a semi-finalist in 2013, I experienced first-hand how important it is to get your venture in front of investors who are knowledgeable and interested in your field. Fish 2.0 is the organization making that possible for entrepreneurs in aquaculture and sustainable fisheries.

- Diane Durance, Fish 2.0 2013 Semi-finalist (USA)

Fish 2.0 provided a huge amount of value to the investor community in really getting exposure for and curating companies, that is super valuable. It's one of the best I have been to in the food and ag sector. Everything from the quality of the attendees and companies, the content, the engagement.

- Mike Betts, AgFunder (USA)

For those in the fisheries world, Fish 2.0 has quickly become the go-to place for those interested in advancing cutting-edge business models focused on the triple-bottom line of social, environmental, and economic impact.

- Kelly Harrell, Fish 2.0 2015 Finalist (USA)

This made my company grow up and served as a springboard. We received interest and collaboration from around the world, including Fiji, Northern Canada, Alaska, Marshall Island, and venture capitalists from Silicon Valley.

-Dr. Karsidete Teeranitayatarn, Fish 2.0 2015 Finalist (Thailand)

It makes you kind of step back and look at what's actually going on, ... question what path are you on, where are we going ... in that sense, it's an extremely valuable process to kind of put things on paper and take a look at it.

- David Stover, Fish 2.0 2015 Finalist (Chile)

Helped us look within and be able to convey our positive impacts, whether its socially, environmentally or resource based, and convey this to our markets and partners.

- Brett Haywood, Fish 2.0 2015 Finalist (Fiji)

It helped me connect with a lot of new business people around the world. Not only to help with our small scale in a remote island but to expand services because there are a lot of opportunities out there.

- Andriet Tilfas, Fish 2.0 2015 Competitor (Micronesia)

Fish 2.0 is a great way to expand your network. We learned about other fish businesses and opportunities for collaboration--that exposure is very hard to do on your own.

- Alan Lovewell, Fish 2.0 2013 Finalist (USA)

It’s not just a seminar, it’s the real thing – you’re pitching to real people with real money.

- Gary Ullstrom, Fish 2.0 2013 Finalist (Canada)

Fish 2.0 takes the fish by the fins and creates a much needed mechanism through which the right industry experience, innovative thinkers and financial backing can come together to move new ideas in seafood to market.

- Kit Barron, CapLog Group, LLC and Fish 2.0 2013 Advisor

All the people we dealt with on the Fish 2.0 team were great to work with. We’d have no hesitation to do it again.

- Ed Robinson, Fish 2.0 2013 Semi finalist and 2015 Finalist (USA)

It changed the way I prepare for all sorts of investor interactions, and it greatly improved our success.

- Hoyt Peckham, Fish 2.0 2013 Semi-finalist (Mexico)

People found us through the media around Fish 2.0 – people who want to have shrimp locally have gone out of their way to contact us.

- Gary Beatty, Fish 2.0 2013 Semi-finalist (USA)

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